Definition of Clerical

Clerical

In the academic world, most of the work that is done is clerical. A lot of the work done by professors is routine.Noam Chomsky

Catholicism has the clerical equivalent to a nut allergy - even a small exposure to change, and the whole thing will go into anaphylactic shock.Marcus Brigstocke

I grew up with Scientology - my parents at one point were clerical. It's a pragmatic philosophy, not merely a belief system. Yeah, it's had media exposure because certain luminaries do Scientology, but millions of people do it who are not celebrities. It's not a threat or some cult.Giovanni Ribisi

Canon law itself says for one case of guilt, a priest can be dismissed from the clerical state. One.Roger Mahony

So the first job that I got - my father got it for me - he had his clerical collar on, was a gay bar in D.C., it was Mr. Henry's of Georgetown.Tori Amos